The Big Clock
“The Strangest and Most Savage Manhunt in History!”
1948•1h 35m•7.3•Released
CrimeThriller
George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.
Director
John Farrow
Writer
Jonathan Latimer
Languages
English, Italian
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Ray Milland
George Stroud
Charles Laughton
Earl Janoth
Maureen O'Sullivan
Georgette Stroud
George Macready
Steve Hagen
Rita Johnson
Pauline York
Elsa Lanchester
Louise Patterson
Harold Vermilyea
Don Klausmeyer
Dan Tobin
Roy Cordette
Harry Morgan
Bill Womack
Richard Webb
Nat Sperling
Elaine Riley
Lily Gold
Luis van Rooten
Edwin Orlin
Lloyd Corrigan
McKinley
Frank Orth
Burt
Margaret Field
Second Secretary
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Producer
Richard Maibaum
Recommended
6.9
While the City Sleeps
1956
6.1
Lady in the Lake
1946
6.9
Nightfall
1956
6
Murder in Three Acts
1986
6.2
The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950
7.2
The Naked City
1948
6.5
The Blue Gardenia
1953
6.9
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
5.8
Perfect Sisters
2014
7
Scandal Sheet
1952
6.7
Conflict
1945
7.4
Pickup on South Street
1953
7.1
The Wrong Man
1956
6.6
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947
6.7
Born to Kill
1947
6.6
The Dark Corner
1946
7.7
Strangers on a Train
1951
7.1
The Web
1947
6.7
The Glass Key
1942
6.7
Lady on a Train
1945
Similar Movies
6.8
Tough Enough
2006
6.6
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
7.2
Maria Full of Grace
2004
5.7
Cube Zero
2004
6.8
Klute
1971
6.2
The Hole
2001
7.1
Pi
1998
6
Shaft
2000
6.4
Shaft
1971
7
Wild at Heart
1990
10
The Murder Game
1965
6.9
The Return of the Lame Hero
2025
8.5
The Green Mile
1999
8.1
Vertigo
1958
6.8
Cube
1998
7.8
Fail Safe
1964
8
Dial M for Murder
1954
8
Casino
1995
6.8
Ladies of the Jury
1932
6.4
Murder in Monaco
2025